Handle



' Now 6, 1923.

F. D. FARR HANDLE Filed Feb. 9. 1922 INVENTOR. FRED DFARR 7 AT ORNEYS.

Patented Nov. 6, 1923.-

uarrs stares FRED D. FARR, OF-PERRY, NEW YORK.

HANDLE.

Application filed February To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRED D. FARR, a citizen of the United States;residing at Perry, in the county of Wyoming and State of New York, haveinvented certainnew and useful Improvements in Handles, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a new and improved type ofhandle which can be slipped over the end of the fuel feed and ignitioncontrol levers of a Ford automobile for the purpose of providing meanswhereby the levers can be operated with more ease while holding on thesteering wheel.

These and other objects of this invention will be fully illustrated inthe drawing, described in the specification and pointed out in theclaims at the end thereof.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a steering wheel with the improvedhandles attached to the control levers thereof.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the end of one of the control leversbefore the improved handle is attached thereto.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the same handle after one of theimproved handles has been attached thereto.

Figure 4C is a vertical longitudinal section of the end of the controllever and the handle attached to it, taken on the line 4 4= of Figure 3.

Figure 5 is a vertical cross section of the control lever and handlethereon, the section being taken on the line 5 -5 of Figure 4.

Figure 6 is a vertical cross section of the control lever the sectionbeing taken on the line 6 6 of Figure 4.

Figure 7 is a front elevation of one of the improved handles provided onthe end of the control levers.

Figure 8 is a perspective view of proved type of the handle.

In the several figures of the drawing like reference numerals indicatelike parts.

The control levers by means of which the gasoline feed and ignition of aFord automobile are regulated are located below the steering wheel andproject radially from the steering post. With the handles that are nowformed integral on the end of each of these levers as illustrated inFigure 2, it is difficult to reach these levers with the fingers,

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take hold of them and operate them while keeping the hands on the rim ofthe steering this invention is intended to remedy this trouble and allowthe driver of the car to operate each of the levers while holding on thesteering wheel. As will be seen from an inspection of Figure 2the'handle for the lever as it comes from the manufacturer comprisesnothing more than a flattened portion at the end of the five-sixteenthrod which forms the remainder of the lever. This handle does not permitthe operation of the lever in an efficient and convenient manner as thefingers cannot very well take hold of it or keep in touch with itwithout taking the whole hand off the steering wheel. The handle whichis to remedy this trouble comprises the rubber ball 1 having the sleeve2 provided on one side thereof and integral therewith.

The hole through the sleeve 2 is made large enough to allow the shank 3of the control lever to be gripped by the sleeve after it has beenslipped over it. The inside of the rubber ball is made hollow to receivethe flattened end of the control lever, The hollow inside of the ball 1comprises an en larged pocket of the shape of the flattened end of thecontrol lever which is intended to be placed therein. The hole of thesleeve 2 leads into this pocket and in placing the handle formed by therubber ball and sleeve the flatened end of the control lever is forcedfirst through the round hole in the sleeve which it distorts until theflattened end of the control lever has passed through the sleeve and isembedded into the pocket in the ball proper when the hole in the sleevewill return to its original shape and encircle the shank of the lever.

The handle is thus rigidly held in place on the end of the control leverto slightly extend the control lever while forming a suitable handlethereon which can be readily taken hold of and operated by the driver ofthe car. To further facilitate the ready engagement of the fingers withthe handle for the purpose heretofore pointed out, the

rubber ball 1 is provided with a pair of depressions 3 and 4 in thefront thereof. These depressions are located on the rubber ball so thatthe tips of two of the fingers of the ofthe control levers. I

driver can readily be laid into these depressions in order to allow thedriver to use either oneror the other of these-fingers to push thecontrol lever in the desired direc tion. The depressions 3 and 4:conform to the outline of the finger tips to allowthem to turn thereinin the manner of a ball and socket joint. A contact of the finger tipswith the handle is thus made; possible at different angles which helpsin the operation The flattened end of the. control tion oftherhandleoperates toghold the hana idle and its depressions in thesamepredetermined position at alltimes so that the finger tip can engagewith the depressions and take hold ofthe handle in the manner abovedescribed. T0 make'the surface of V- :the ball .a still better object togrip with the fingers a series of concentric ridges 5 are formedthereon.

In Figure 8 is shown a the handle.

' .modified forni of This handle is formed of but formed in thepreferred type of handleillustrated in. Figure 3. 1 ,r. I f

While the handles above described are preferably made of-sof-t rubberwhich pro vvides for the fingers a better gripduetto the resilientcontact they make with thezhandl other material may be used insteadespecialy 1 ,avepae Figure 8. 1 g V lever and its engagement with thecorrespondingly shaped pocket on the inside 'ofthe ball" 'por-,pusheddire'ctly in one direction." In testimony whereof I my signature.

1y for the form of handle illustrated in I claim a V l. An extensionhandle for fuel and igni- 7 tion'control levers comprising a balljmem=7' her having a pocket'formed therein, a sleeve having its duct leading,into. the pocket formed on one side of said ball member, the duct insaid sleeve being of smaller dimen-l siontlian the pocketin saidballmember, said sleeve being adapted to expand and slip over a handle'andthen contract in back of the handle to lock the handle in placein thepocket in said ball membenineans provided' in the surface ofsaid ballmembers to receive thefinger tips of the hand operator V to permit amovement of the ball member with thehandle to which it is attached bythe finger tips.-

member having a flat pocket formed therein,

' a pair of depressions formed on the outsidew 20f the ball in adefinite relation to the fiat' pocketwithin, said depressions beingadapt-- ed to receive the tips of two fingers by which it may be pusheddirectly ineitherdirection.

3. An. extension handle-for fuel and igni- 2. in extension handle forfuel and ignition control levers comprising an elastic ball' tioncontrol levers. comprising an elastic ball within, said depression beingadapted to, re-

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member having a fiat pocket formedtherein,

a depression formed on the outside ofthe pball in a definite relation tothe flat pocket 1 ,ceive the tip of a fingerby which; it maybe i

